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hard-hearted

How many syllables in hard-hearted?

  3 syllables

Divide hard-hearted into syllables:   hard-heart-ed
Primary syllable stress:   hard-heart-ed
Secondary syllable stress:   hard-heart-ed
How to say hard-hearted:

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